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> On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 15:59:34 -0000, Janet > wrote:
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>>In article >,
says...
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>>> On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 09:14:42 -0500, Gary > wrote:
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>>> >Alan Holbrook wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> wrote in
>>> >> :
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > My biggest item is soup. It is more economical to make very large
>>> >> > amounts then freeze in single portions. (I use the 1litre pots of
>>> >> > yogurt so I wash the containers and use them for soup as they stack
>>> >> > handily) I keep a variety of soups and more often than not, that's
>>> >> > my
>>> >> > lunch.
>>> >>
>>> >> How do you handle frost? Whenever I freeze a basically liquid thing
>>> >> like
>>> >> soup, ice crystals form almost immediately.
>>> >
>>> >Alan...the tiny bit of frost you get in sealed containers is not even
>>> >worth worrying about. It will be on the top but then you have a pint
>>> >or quart of liquid underneath with none. As soon as you take the
>>> >container out of the freezer, you can stick the open top under running
>>> >warm water for about 5 seconds and eliminate the frost moisture if it
>>> >really bothers you.
>>>
>>> I was thinking maybe Alan meant frost on the freezer walls - I do get
>>> that but I just wait and soon enough I can push a large pallet knife
>>> in under the ice and pop it off.
>>
>> If that's what Alan meant, he needs a frost-free freezer like mine.
>>They never grow ice or need defrosting.
>>
>> JanetUK
>
> Mine is supposedly frost free and I suppose it is except once I have
> made 12-14 pots of soup, I want them in the freezer, so I put them in
> very hot.

so they will thaw out faster?